Hiearchy of Evolution
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 25/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter Three. 'Adam''s powers awaken! The Dark Angel rises up from the grave. Kakkoi! And, early immediate warning: the later part might be considered hentai! But it's not in the act so I guess it's still safe...
Standard disclaimers apply. Parasite Eve 2 and its characters do not belong to me; they belong to SQUARE. I am merely borrowing them for this story. Thank you. Also, some terms might be related to Xenogears so please let me just borrow them. Just for this story, please?
Also, most of the people represented here are those in the PEII Board in GameFAQs. I don't own them (duh!); I just have freedom to use their names in this story as much as I can. Kurumi's my own character.
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CHAPTER THREE : DEATHWINGS. THE SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE.
"'Eve' will soon awaken. 'Adam' will awaken as well."
"The Angel of Death, and the Angel of Life. What contradiction."
"Yet, if those two were to 'unite'...God's children would be 'reborn'."
"Into the ideal 'children''? Or into the ideal 'children' that 'Adam and Eve' has always wanted?"
"We would only find out if 'they' are to 'unite'."
"It is inevitable. 'They' will feel it in themselves. It is undeniable."
"Heh. Resign to your fates."
"...Has the Emperor been deployed?"
"Certainly. 'They' will be found for sure."
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Ryusei shook his head, unable to get the buzzing sensation out of his mind. Earlier he had been plagued by it, following him from the morning up to now. But it wasn't this intense. Not this strong, not now.
The other 'Water Serpents' sat calmly in the van, checking all their weapons and equipments. It was a pretty usual routine for them, having undergone several missions already, to check that their equipments were in tip-top shape.
Kurumi approached Ryusei, holding an AK-47 with her right hand. "What's wrong, Ryusei?" she asked, noting the boy's discomfort. Seeing her gaze, Ryusei shook his head and tried hard to smile. "No, nothing wrong; just dizzy."
"Maybe from the booze drinking last night?" asked Pyst Dude who was right besides him. Ryusei nodded, wishing not to bother his companions about it. "...Yeah. Probably."
As the van reached the corner, they pulled over into Sunbay Apartments. Driving through the police blockade, they reached a suitable, open area then drifted into a stop in front of the building. The door slid open, then all members emerged with guns ready, awaiting DKB's words.
"Well, we move by groups. Ryusei and Kurumi, lyingbastard and HengkyGun, me and Karpah, and Pyst Dude and p1r4t8r. You all go on your separate ways. Remember that the first priority is to look for civilians, the second is to eliminate any and all threats. After that, regroup in the lobby. Understood?"
"Yes!" was the reply that came from everyone. Then the marched into the building's lobby...
And was greeted by the sight of death. Several SWAT members and police, all brutally killed on the spot...possibly the whole team that first entered in here. The smell of gunpowder and blood was present and pretty strong as well, immediately bothering everyone.
"Wow...several of these guys immediately dead," said Pyst Dude, poking a corpse with his Steyr Aug. "They didn't even have a chance to retaliate."
"What makes you say that?" asked Karpah, curious and disturbed at the thought.
"Take their guns. Check the magazines." said PD. You'll see what I mean.
HengkyGun took one of the scattered weapons; also an M4A1 Rifle. Then he released the clip and turned to check the amount of bullets in it..."Damn. It's still full. Only about four bullets expended."
The others reported the same. "Only four to seven rounds used up before the whole team got slaughtered...not a pretty picture," said DKB, making sure his grip on his M1A Thompson Rifle was pretty accessible.
"Whatever," answered Ryusei as he held his ITI Desert Eagle, kneeling down to check another corpse. Strangely enough, this one had several bite marks...human bite marks, to be exact. "According to these teeth marks -"
"Don't worry, pal, you'll be alright - Where'd you find him? - Around. - Around? - Yeah. I found him in a containment tube where -" Another sudden flashback, this time filling Ryusei's head with disturbing images. 'It can't happen now,' he thought. 'Not at work...what the hell do they all mean?'
Suddenly a figure from the darkness hissed at them, its red eyes glowing. Everyone turned to look at it as it left the shadows, revealing its gruesome appearance. It was almost a human figure, but with the lower torso twisted around to the back so that the legs were facing back. Its arms were also quite muscular and furry, with several bulges of muscle visible beneath the heavy hair. Its chest pulsated, revealing its fleshy interior as well as its beating red heart hidden beneath. Its head was disgusting, with the nose gone and its eyes bloodshot, its cheeks sunk deep. As it opened its mouth to hiss at them, it bared its sharp toothy maw, bloody crimson in color. Then it lunged with blinding speed at Ryusei before the others had a time to draw their weapons.
"Ryusei!" shouted Kurumi, trying to reach him in time, her AK-47 now pointed at the oncoming danger. The boy, however, knelt there as if frozen in place, eyes empty...
Eyes empty? Maybe they should have taken a closer look. The black, empty eyes of Ryusei suddenly changed into bright silver...
A small, feeble yet noticeable thing was present as well. A dark, glowing bat wing on the right side of Ryusei's back, sprouting. It was as huge as one would think angel's wings were, but this one was only a single wing. A dark, bat wing as well.
As the creature rammed against a seemingly invisible wall. It impacted against an invisible barrier between it and Ryusei, and suddenly a circular blue sphere revealed itself as the boy slowly stood up. Then he stood still as if waiting for the creature to get up. Once it recovered, the creature hissed at Ryusei then attempted another charge.
But this time the boy was quicker. As the creature charged at him again, he immediately drew his magnum before anyone could see and aimed it at the creature's head, then fired a shot. A shot that was pulsing with energy, evident by the energy path of the bullet from the barrel. As it struck the creature's head, it exploded, bone fragments and blood scattered all over its slowly dying body.
His eyes returning to normal, the wing vanishing slowly, Ryusei looked around, surprised at what happened, while the others merely stared at him with bewildered expressions on their faces. Then, shaking his head, he went into the cafeteria while Kurumi followed behind. The others finally got it, scattering according to their groups.
Not seeing the shadow of another figure sneak away after having seen them.
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"DAMMIT!" Ryusei cursed loudly, kicking several chairs and tables. Kurumi stayed by the door, too afraid to approach the once-silent boy. He, however, paid no heed to her, continuing to smash tables and chairs like it was nobody's business.
"Ryusei...?" Kurumi timidly asked, trying to reach out to him.
"What...the hell...is wrong with me?!" Ryusei flared out in anger, punching the wall with each of his statements. Due to the force of the impact his hand and knuckles were immediately bloody, but as his eyes changed once more into a shade of silver, his hands began to heal. All by themselves.
He collapsed against the wall, arms around his knees. At this point Kurumi approached him, holding him in her arms, trying desperately to reach out and comfort him. "Don't worry, Ryusei...don't worry...I'm here for you...we all are..."
"What the hell...am I?" whispered Ryusei. Then Kurumi silenced him with her own lips.
"Shhh...don't think about that now...let's just get the job done, then talk about it later," she said reassuringly after breaking the kiss.
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"What do you think about Ryusei now?" asked Pyst Dude to p1r4t8r, who was busy returning fire against some ANMCs. "Huh? Wha?" asked p1r4t8r, taking shelter against the wall before coming out to open fire again.
"Huh? Nothing...forget it. It's not everyday some guy turns into a superpowered thing..." said PD before he fired on the oncoming ANMCs as well.
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"Well DKB, what about that kid now?" asked Karpah, kicking an ANMC's dead body. DKB knelt down on the floor, checking an earlier-killed ANMC corpse. "Hmm...well, I guess we've been expecting it."
"Yeah. Since we found out that 'Adam' was what Sir Garland recovered back then..." answered Karpah.
"I guess. But he's been stable for four years now...why lose it this time?"
"...Maybe it's Eve."
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Eve shook her head as she felt something, disturbing. A sort of a buzzing sensation in her head...it wasn't coming from anything around her, but rather from inside her, feeling something familiar...
Then the feeling grew. Her body felt...hot. As if she was burning in hell with nothing on. As if her own body felt like a flame itself.
The burning sensation grew stronger. The blonde teenager tried to regain her composure but it wouldn't stop; instead it grew stronger and stronger. Up to the point where she would be screaming in agony over the pain... when suddenly, it stopped. Breathing heavily, she tried to calm herself down as he suddenly felt tired, her body sweating like mad.
"Eve? What's wrong?" asked her older sister, Aya, who was right besides her. Holding nothing back, she approached her older sister and snuggled against her on the bed, curled into a fetal position as Aya held her close to her chest.
"I...don't know. Aya, I'm...kinda scared..."
Feeling the nightmares of the past haunting her once more...
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"The mental responses we have received were positive. 'Adam' has responded to the call."
"Now he is active."
"'Eve' has responded as well, although we do not know exactly where."
"Do not worry. Upon analysis of the data that we will recover, it will soon be easy finding her."
"'Her children' will have no hard task of doing so."
"From 'Adam''s current mind state, it is possible that he has already met 'Eve'."
"Although he does not know. But 'He knows' it."
"Quite so."
"Interesting that a member of the 'Water Serpents' is also 'Adam'. Hmm."
"Shall we test his abilities?"
"How? You have already seen earlier. 'His child' was destroyed rather easily. Nothing will be his match."
"Hmph. 'Adam' is but a mere child in development, as you have seen from his body. But..."
"But...?"
"The Emperor might prove a worthy opponent for 'Him'."
"Ah. A test."
"To see how he has improved these past years."
"Tsk. Such a waste. Such an unlimited power in such an ignorant boy..."
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The whole group reunited in the lobby, this time all eyes on the boy they suddenly found someone else. DKB, however, tried to break the silence. "Well, we've disposed of all the creatures we've seen, and no civilians found. Let's go back and report this to the Chief -"
"You aren't going anywhere," said a deep voice in a menacing way, and all of the 'Water Serpents' turned to look behind them. Seeing another 'GOLEM'-like creature standing in front of them. But this one was more...prepared. He had silver, tougher armor plating all over his body, armed not with energy blades but with a huge modified Gunblade and a rocket launcher as well that was latched onto its back. It also had two machetes sheathed and strapped around its legs.
"What in the hell are you? Who the hell are you for that matter?" asked lyingbastard, his M249 trained on the sudden intruder. And everybody else's weapons for that matter. But the person...or creature merely laughed. "Ha. Weapons won't do anything to me, not with this impenetrable armor. And besides, I only seek one from you as per orders of my master." And with that he pointed his sword at Ryusei.
"No! You're not taking him away! Not from us, not from me!" said Kurumi as she stepped in front of Ryusei, arms spread. "You'll have to pass through my dead body!"
"Easily remedied," said the Emperor as he activated his Gunblade. But then Ryusei placed his hand on Kurumi's shoulder. Moved her aside, his eyes now silver with a tint of darkness in them. "The hell you will. You want me, come get me."
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Outside, the police held the barricade, certain that something would happen sooner or later. Just that what happened next was what they expected to happen.
The front wall of the WHOLE building exploded into mere dustclouds of bricks and smoke as two figures leapt away from the scene. One was a darkhaired boy with a lone dark wing on his back, firing several energy blasts from his palm (Imagine, if you will, Grahf's Super Guided Shot in Xenogears) at the silver-armored stranger. The other merely had his arms in front of him, a strange form of protection against the boy's energy blasts.
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Eve couldn't help it anymore. There was something growing in her...something strong that she couldn't ignore now. A feeling...?
It was definitely a feeling. Wanting. Longing. To love.
It was beginning to burn stronger and stronger in her. Her body was unable to withstand it. It was as if she was being burned slowly, each nerve in her body longing for something...
Once 'he' arrives, she has no choice but...
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Ryusei, now with a twisted expression of hate and anger on his face, stood his ground as he fired energy blasts one after the other at the 'Emperor Keeper', his dark wing spread wide open. The Emperor had no choice but to guard himself with his arms, a useless form of self-defense as more and more of his armor disintegrated under the blasts of beam-shaped mitochondria plasma energy.
The 'Water Serpents' stood their ground, shocked at the unfolding scene before them. Who ever expected that a silent boy was such a person with so much mitochondria power...? All that they could do now was protect themselves against the dustclouds as they watched the one-sided duel.
The boy continued to fire more until he stopped, his arms returning to his sides. The scene froze for a moment, then the Emperor suddenly rushed at Ryusei with his Gunblade on, having practically no armor left except for his jumpsuit and his face mask.
Then the boy outsmarted him again. Immediately drawing his ITI Desert Eagle, he fired energy shots one after the other at the Keeper until all seven rounds were depleted, the gun making an empty "clack" sound as Ryusei continued pulling the trigger.
Fired all shots at the Keeper's facemask. The Emperor staggered back for a moment, holding the bloody remains of his mask. A part of his face was exposed, open for Ryusei to see...
"Come on, kid. One step, then another - You can do it." The person helping him walk in his memory...
The Keeper gathered his senses, then rushed at Ryusei with his Gunblade. Immediately he swung it down on the boy, but it struck the same invisible defensive sphere that the ANMC struck against earlier; the Gunblade shattering almost immediately. Then the Keeper saw him gather energy in his right hand, and Ryusei immediately shot it at him. Engulfing them both in a wide blue explosion of energy.
"You stupid..." breathed the Emperor deeply, blood trickling down his wounds as well as his face. "I'll be back, 'Adam'. Wait for me." After saying those words the Emperor ran off then leapt away, disappearing from view.
DKB and the others merely looked at the boy, afraid of what could happen next. The boy merely stood there, eyes wide open as if in shock, his dark wing closing up and slowly vanishing again. Yet his eyes remained silver.
Kurumi began to slowly approach Ryusei, followed by the others. Then the boy collapsed.
"It can't be..." whispered DKB to himself, not believing what just happened. "Just 4 years ago...not this fast..."
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Ryusei looked around the darkness, unsure of what was going to happen next. But, at least he was sure that he was himself now...
"Yourself? For now, yes," said somebody from the shadows, and the boy turned around. To see himself.
Well, if he had a pair of bat wings and silver eyes, he'd be exactly identical to him. "Who are you?" Ryusei asked, slowly standing up.
"I'm you. This is your mind." said the person. "Call me 'Adam'."
"You are me? What are you talking about?"
"You are merely an identity born from me during the lapse...some years ago. So right now, you should be one with me..."
"But...?"
"But," Adam said through clenched teeth, "You stick with your friends. You reassure yourself that you exist through them. So until I can seal them off, You control this body. But not me, not now."
"What the hell...I'm Ryusei. My name's Gilbert. I belong in this body! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULDN'T BE HERE!" Ryusei screamed aloud, his uncertainties emerging...
"Are you sure? Then try to remember. What were you...4 years ago? Parents? Friends? Your school, your home, the place where you lived? Care to tell me...?" 'Adam' said, mockingly.
"I...I..." Ryusei started, clutching at his head tightly, trying to remember. "W...Why can't I remember!!!?"
"Just as I thought. You should not exist. But through the unexpected events four years ago...you do, as a part of me. Always there, drawing a part of my skill, my power, my identity...rewriting some of it for you. How greedy."
"I...I..." Ryusei said, trying hard to remember more than four years ago.
"...Fine. Be that way. Now that I've opened up your 'Persona', I'm the one in control. 'Eve' awaits me."
As 'Adam' walked off into the shadows, he took one last look at the boy's trembling figure. Then he continued into the darkness...
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Kurumi took a long look at Ryusei's strapped figure on the bed. After he had passed out, the whole group returned back to the 'Den', bringing Ryusei along with them. Then, almost unanimously, they voted to confine him in the infirmary room as long as he remained unconscious. Each and everyone hated themselves for it, but, as they told themselves logically, it was the only way they can protect 'Eve' as well as themselves.
"'Adam' has been discovered. So logically they would go after 'Eve' as well," said DKB as he looked at Ryusei's unconscious form, pity in his eyes. "We have no choice. This is the only way we can prevent Projects 'Genesis' and 'Eden Garden'."
"It's unavoidable now," said Barrakudas. "They have the two pieces found."
"We have no choice. That's the way it goes," said Karpah, wishing that Ryusei'd forgive her and everyone else.
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Night fell.
The infirmary door was open.
Eve slowly approached Ryusei's unconscious figure, her hands on his face. So handsome, yet somehow so cold...
Slowly she bent her head down, meeting Ryusei's lips with hers. For a long while she kept it that way, kissing him with such pent-up passion...
Then Ryusei's body moved. His eyes opening, his silver eyes gleaming against the moonlight...
Eve smiled, then continued to kiss him as his arms entwined her, moving to accompany Ryusei in the bed as well...
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"You've failed, child," said 'Adam' at Ryusei, who remained sitting in the corner. "Your body will now be mine."
"...keep it that way..." said Ryusei faintly, his image slowly vanishing. Then Eve appeared between them, slowly approaching the boy. "Oh, come on Ryusei. Don't be like that...it was you that I fell in love with...not because it's suppossed to be that way..." she answered, blushing deeply.
Ryusei kept his head buried. "...sure....thanks anyways..."
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Pretty soon, everyone in the morning had a very shocking surprise for them...
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 25/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter Three. 'Adam''s powers awaken! The Dark Angel rises up from the grave. Kakkoi! And, early immediate warning: the later part might be considered hentai! But it's not in the act so I guess it's still safe...
Standard disclaimers apply. Parasite Eve 2 and its characters do not belong to me; they belong to SQUARE. I am merely borrowing them for this story. Thank you. Also, some terms might be related to Xenogears so please let me just borrow them. Just for this story, please?
Also, most of the people represented here are those in the PEII Board in GameFAQs. I don't own them (duh!); I just have freedom to use their names in this story as much as I can. Kurumi's my own character.
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CHAPTER THREE : DEATHWINGS. THE SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE.
"'Eve' will soon awaken. 'Adam' will awaken as well."
"The Angel of Death, and the Angel of Life. What contradiction."
"Yet, if those two were to 'unite'...God's children would be 'reborn'."
"Into the ideal 'children''? Or into the ideal 'children' that 'Adam and Eve' has always wanted?"
"We would only find out if 'they' are to 'unite'."
"It is inevitable. 'They' will feel it in themselves. It is undeniable."
"Heh. Resign to your fates."
"...Has the Emperor been deployed?"
"Certainly. 'They' will be found for sure."
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Ryusei shook his head, unable to get the buzzing sensation out of his mind. Earlier he had been plagued by it, following him from the morning up to now. But it wasn't this intense. Not this strong, not now.
The other 'Water Serpents' sat calmly in the van, checking all their weapons and equipments. It was a pretty usual routine for them, having undergone several missions already, to check that their equipments were in tip-top shape.
Kurumi approached Ryusei, holding an AK-47 with her right hand. "What's wrong, Ryusei?" she asked, noting the boy's discomfort. Seeing her gaze, Ryusei shook his head and tried hard to smile. "No, nothing wrong; just dizzy."
"Maybe from the booze drinking last night?" asked Pyst Dude who was right besides him. Ryusei nodded, wishing not to bother his companions about it. "...Yeah. Probably."
As the van reached the corner, they pulled over into Sunbay Apartments. Driving through the police blockade, they reached a suitable, open area then drifted into a stop in front of the building. The door slid open, then all members emerged with guns ready, awaiting DKB's words.
"Well, we move by groups. Ryusei and Kurumi, lyingbastard and HengkyGun, me and Karpah, and Pyst Dude and p1r4t8r. You all go on your separate ways. Remember that the first priority is to look for civilians, the second is to eliminate any and all threats. After that, regroup in the lobby. Understood?"
"Yes!" was the reply that came from everyone. Then the marched into the building's lobby...
And was greeted by the sight of death. Several SWAT members and police, all brutally killed on the spot...possibly the whole team that first entered in here. The smell of gunpowder and blood was present and pretty strong as well, immediately bothering everyone.
"Wow...several of these guys immediately dead," said Pyst Dude, poking a corpse with his Steyr Aug. "They didn't even have a chance to retaliate."
"What makes you say that?" asked Karpah, curious and disturbed at the thought.
"Take their guns. Check the magazines." said PD. You'll see what I mean.
HengkyGun took one of the scattered weapons; also an M4A1 Rifle. Then he released the clip and turned to check the amount of bullets in it..."Damn. It's still full. Only about four bullets expended."
The others reported the same. "Only four to seven rounds used up before the whole team got slaughtered...not a pretty picture," said DKB, making sure his grip on his M1A Thompson Rifle was pretty accessible.
"Whatever," answered Ryusei as he held his ITI Desert Eagle, kneeling down to check another corpse. Strangely enough, this one had several bite marks...human bite marks, to be exact. "According to these teeth marks -"
"Don't worry, pal, you'll be alright - Where'd you find him? - Around. - Around? - Yeah. I found him in a containment tube where -" Another sudden flashback, this time filling Ryusei's head with disturbing images. 'It can't happen now,' he thought. 'Not at work...what the hell do they all mean?'
Suddenly a figure from the darkness hissed at them, its red eyes glowing. Everyone turned to look at it as it left the shadows, revealing its gruesome appearance. It was almost a human figure, but with the lower torso twisted around to the back so that the legs were facing back. Its arms were also quite muscular and furry, with several bulges of muscle visible beneath the heavy hair. Its chest pulsated, revealing its fleshy interior as well as its beating red heart hidden beneath. Its head was disgusting, with the nose gone and its eyes bloodshot, its cheeks sunk deep. As it opened its mouth to hiss at them, it bared its sharp toothy maw, bloody crimson in color. Then it lunged with blinding speed at Ryusei before the others had a time to draw their weapons.
"Ryusei!" shouted Kurumi, trying to reach him in time, her AK-47 now pointed at the oncoming danger. The boy, however, knelt there as if frozen in place, eyes empty...
Eyes empty? Maybe they should have taken a closer look. The black, empty eyes of Ryusei suddenly changed into bright silver...
A small, feeble yet noticeable thing was present as well. A dark, glowing bat wing on the right side of Ryusei's back, sprouting. It was as huge as one would think angel's wings were, but this one was only a single wing. A dark, bat wing as well.
As the creature rammed against a seemingly invisible wall. It impacted against an invisible barrier between it and Ryusei, and suddenly a circular blue sphere revealed itself as the boy slowly stood up. Then he stood still as if waiting for the creature to get up. Once it recovered, the creature hissed at Ryusei then attempted another charge.
But this time the boy was quicker. As the creature charged at him again, he immediately drew his magnum before anyone could see and aimed it at the creature's head, then fired a shot. A shot that was pulsing with energy, evident by the energy path of the bullet from the barrel. As it struck the creature's head, it exploded, bone fragments and blood scattered all over its slowly dying body.
His eyes returning to normal, the wing vanishing slowly, Ryusei looked around, surprised at what happened, while the others merely stared at him with bewildered expressions on their faces. Then, shaking his head, he went into the cafeteria while Kurumi followed behind. The others finally got it, scattering according to their groups.
Not seeing the shadow of another figure sneak away after having seen them.
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"DAMMIT!" Ryusei cursed loudly, kicking several chairs and tables. Kurumi stayed by the door, too afraid to approach the once-silent boy. He, however, paid no heed to her, continuing to smash tables and chairs like it was nobody's business.
"Ryusei...?" Kurumi timidly asked, trying to reach out to him.
"What...the hell...is wrong with me?!" Ryusei flared out in anger, punching the wall with each of his statements. Due to the force of the impact his hand and knuckles were immediately bloody, but as his eyes changed once more into a shade of silver, his hands began to heal. All by themselves.
He collapsed against the wall, arms around his knees. At this point Kurumi approached him, holding him in her arms, trying desperately to reach out and comfort him. "Don't worry, Ryusei...don't worry...I'm here for you...we all are..."
"What the hell...am I?" whispered Ryusei. Then Kurumi silenced him with her own lips.
"Shhh...don't think about that now...let's just get the job done, then talk about it later," she said reassuringly after breaking the kiss.
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"What do you think about Ryusei now?" asked Pyst Dude to p1r4t8r, who was busy returning fire against some ANMCs. "Huh? Wha?" asked p1r4t8r, taking shelter against the wall before coming out to open fire again.
"Huh? Nothing...forget it. It's not everyday some guy turns into a superpowered thing..." said PD before he fired on the oncoming ANMCs as well.
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"Well DKB, what about that kid now?" asked Karpah, kicking an ANMC's dead body. DKB knelt down on the floor, checking an earlier-killed ANMC corpse. "Hmm...well, I guess we've been expecting it."
"Yeah. Since we found out that 'Adam' was what Sir Garland recovered back then..." answered Karpah.
"I guess. But he's been stable for four years now...why lose it this time?"
"...Maybe it's Eve."
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Eve shook her head as she felt something, disturbing. A sort of a buzzing sensation in her head...it wasn't coming from anything around her, but rather from inside her, feeling something familiar...
Then the feeling grew. Her body felt...hot. As if she was burning in hell with nothing on. As if her own body felt like a flame itself.
The burning sensation grew stronger. The blonde teenager tried to regain her composure but it wouldn't stop; instead it grew stronger and stronger. Up to the point where she would be screaming in agony over the pain... when suddenly, it stopped. Breathing heavily, she tried to calm herself down as he suddenly felt tired, her body sweating like mad.
"Eve? What's wrong?" asked her older sister, Aya, who was right besides her. Holding nothing back, she approached her older sister and snuggled against her on the bed, curled into a fetal position as Aya held her close to her chest.
"I...don't know. Aya, I'm...kinda scared..."
Feeling the nightmares of the past haunting her once more...
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"The mental responses we have received were positive. 'Adam' has responded to the call."
"Now he is active."
"'Eve' has responded as well, although we do not know exactly where."
"Do not worry. Upon analysis of the data that we will recover, it will soon be easy finding her."
"'Her children' will have no hard task of doing so."
"From 'Adam''s current mind state, it is possible that he has already met 'Eve'."
"Although he does not know. But 'He knows' it."
"Quite so."
"Interesting that a member of the 'Water Serpents' is also 'Adam'. Hmm."
"Shall we test his abilities?"
"How? You have already seen earlier. 'His child' was destroyed rather easily. Nothing will be his match."
"Hmph. 'Adam' is but a mere child in development, as you have seen from his body. But..."
"But...?"
"The Emperor might prove a worthy opponent for 'Him'."
"Ah. A test."
"To see how he has improved these past years."
"Tsk. Such a waste. Such an unlimited power in such an ignorant boy..."
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The whole group reunited in the lobby, this time all eyes on the boy they suddenly found someone else. DKB, however, tried to break the silence. "Well, we've disposed of all the creatures we've seen, and no civilians found. Let's go back and report this to the Chief -"
"You aren't going anywhere," said a deep voice in a menacing way, and all of the 'Water Serpents' turned to look behind them. Seeing another 'GOLEM'-like creature standing in front of them. But this one was more...prepared. He had silver, tougher armor plating all over his body, armed not with energy blades but with a huge modified Gunblade and a rocket launcher as well that was latched onto its back. It also had two machetes sheathed and strapped around its legs.
"What in the hell are you? Who the hell are you for that matter?" asked lyingbastard, his M249 trained on the sudden intruder. And everybody else's weapons for that matter. But the person...or creature merely laughed. "Ha. Weapons won't do anything to me, not with this impenetrable armor. And besides, I only seek one from you as per orders of my master." And with that he pointed his sword at Ryusei.
"No! You're not taking him away! Not from us, not from me!" said Kurumi as she stepped in front of Ryusei, arms spread. "You'll have to pass through my dead body!"
"Easily remedied," said the Emperor as he activated his Gunblade. But then Ryusei placed his hand on Kurumi's shoulder. Moved her aside, his eyes now silver with a tint of darkness in them. "The hell you will. You want me, come get me."
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Outside, the police held the barricade, certain that something would happen sooner or later. Just that what happened next was what they expected to happen.
The front wall of the WHOLE building exploded into mere dustclouds of bricks and smoke as two figures leapt away from the scene. One was a darkhaired boy with a lone dark wing on his back, firing several energy blasts from his palm (Imagine, if you will, Grahf's Super Guided Shot in Xenogears) at the silver-armored stranger. The other merely had his arms in front of him, a strange form of protection against the boy's energy blasts.
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Eve couldn't help it anymore. There was something growing in her...something strong that she couldn't ignore now. A feeling...?
It was definitely a feeling. Wanting. Longing. To love.
It was beginning to burn stronger and stronger in her. Her body was unable to withstand it. It was as if she was being burned slowly, each nerve in her body longing for something...
Once 'he' arrives, she has no choice but...
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Ryusei, now with a twisted expression of hate and anger on his face, stood his ground as he fired energy blasts one after the other at the 'Emperor Keeper', his dark wing spread wide open. The Emperor had no choice but to guard himself with his arms, a useless form of self-defense as more and more of his armor disintegrated under the blasts of beam-shaped mitochondria plasma energy.
The 'Water Serpents' stood their ground, shocked at the unfolding scene before them. Who ever expected that a silent boy was such a person with so much mitochondria power...? All that they could do now was protect themselves against the dustclouds as they watched the one-sided duel.
The boy continued to fire more until he stopped, his arms returning to his sides. The scene froze for a moment, then the Emperor suddenly rushed at Ryusei with his Gunblade on, having practically no armor left except for his jumpsuit and his face mask.
Then the boy outsmarted him again. Immediately drawing his ITI Desert Eagle, he fired energy shots one after the other at the Keeper until all seven rounds were depleted, the gun making an empty "clack" sound as Ryusei continued pulling the trigger.
Fired all shots at the Keeper's facemask. The Emperor staggered back for a moment, holding the bloody remains of his mask. A part of his face was exposed, open for Ryusei to see...
"Come on, kid. One step, then another - You can do it." The person helping him walk in his memory...
The Keeper gathered his senses, then rushed at Ryusei with his Gunblade. Immediately he swung it down on the boy, but it struck the same invisible defensive sphere that the ANMC struck against earlier; the Gunblade shattering almost immediately. Then the Keeper saw him gather energy in his right hand, and Ryusei immediately shot it at him. Engulfing them both in a wide blue explosion of energy.
"You stupid..." breathed the Emperor deeply, blood trickling down his wounds as well as his face. "I'll be back, 'Adam'. Wait for me." After saying those words the Emperor ran off then leapt away, disappearing from view.
DKB and the others merely looked at the boy, afraid of what could happen next. The boy merely stood there, eyes wide open as if in shock, his dark wing closing up and slowly vanishing again. Yet his eyes remained silver.
Kurumi began to slowly approach Ryusei, followed by the others. Then the boy collapsed.
"It can't be..." whispered DKB to himself, not believing what just happened. "Just 4 years ago...not this fast..."
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Ryusei looked around the darkness, unsure of what was going to happen next. But, at least he was sure that he was himself now...
"Yourself? For now, yes," said somebody from the shadows, and the boy turned around. To see himself.
Well, if he had a pair of bat wings and silver eyes, he'd be exactly identical to him. "Who are you?" Ryusei asked, slowly standing up.
"I'm you. This is your mind." said the person. "Call me 'Adam'."
"You are me? What are you talking about?"
"You are merely an identity born from me during the lapse...some years ago. So right now, you should be one with me..."
"But...?"
"But," Adam said through clenched teeth, "You stick with your friends. You reassure yourself that you exist through them. So until I can seal them off, You control this body. But not me, not now."
"What the hell...I'm Ryusei. My name's Gilbert. I belong in this body! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULDN'T BE HERE!" Ryusei screamed aloud, his uncertainties emerging...
"Are you sure? Then try to remember. What were you...4 years ago? Parents? Friends? Your school, your home, the place where you lived? Care to tell me...?" 'Adam' said, mockingly.
"I...I..." Ryusei started, clutching at his head tightly, trying to remember. "W...Why can't I remember!!!?"
"Just as I thought. You should not exist. But through the unexpected events four years ago...you do, as a part of me. Always there, drawing a part of my skill, my power, my identity...rewriting some of it for you. How greedy."
"I...I..." Ryusei said, trying hard to remember more than four years ago.
"...Fine. Be that way. Now that I've opened up your 'Persona', I'm the one in control. 'Eve' awaits me."
As 'Adam' walked off into the shadows, he took one last look at the boy's trembling figure. Then he continued into the darkness...
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Kurumi took a long look at Ryusei's strapped figure on the bed. After he had passed out, the whole group returned back to the 'Den', bringing Ryusei along with them. Then, almost unanimously, they voted to confine him in the infirmary room as long as he remained unconscious. Each and everyone hated themselves for it, but, as they told themselves logically, it was the only way they can protect 'Eve' as well as themselves.
"'Adam' has been discovered. So logically they would go after 'Eve' as well," said DKB as he looked at Ryusei's unconscious form, pity in his eyes. "We have no choice. This is the only way we can prevent Projects 'Genesis' and 'Eden Garden'."
"It's unavoidable now," said Barrakudas. "They have the two pieces found."
"We have no choice. That's the way it goes," said Karpah, wishing that Ryusei'd forgive her and everyone else.
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Night fell.
The infirmary door was open.
Eve slowly approached Ryusei's unconscious figure, her hands on his face. So handsome, yet somehow so cold...
Slowly she bent her head down, meeting Ryusei's lips with hers. For a long while she kept it that way, kissing him with such pent-up passion...
Then Ryusei's body moved. His eyes opening, his silver eyes gleaming against the moonlight...
Eve smiled, then continued to kiss him as his arms entwined her, moving to accompany Ryusei in the bed as well...
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"You've failed, child," said 'Adam' at Ryusei, who remained sitting in the corner. "Your body will now be mine."
"...keep it that way..." said Ryusei faintly, his image slowly vanishing. Then Eve appeared between them, slowly approaching the boy. "Oh, come on Ryusei. Don't be like that...it was you that I fell in love with...not because it's suppossed to be that way..." she answered, blushing deeply.
Ryusei kept his head buried. "...sure....thanks anyways..."
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Pretty soon, everyone in the morning had a very shocking surprise for them...